NVIDIA Conference Explores Future of Driverless Racecars

Deep learning flooded the San Jose McEnery Convention Center last week,when NVIDIA staged its biggest-ever GPU Technology Conference. CHILD’S PLAY: Daniel Simon said he designed his ‘sleek’ racecar so a 10-year-old could draw it. Photo by Daniel Simon Deep learning flooded the San Jose McEnery Convention Center last week, when NVIDIA staged its biggest-ever GPU Technology Conference. Thousands of graphics developers stuffed the building and CEO Jen-Hsun Huang spent more than two hours keynoting announcements. As usual, conventions and trade shows bring more people downtown than anything the Super Bowl devised. In fact, some of the Virtual Reality and/or GPU-based technology employed by the NFL appeared in various sessions and hands-on labs. At the show, VR was one of the main themes underlying everything, along with autonomous vehicles, drones, AI…